Improvement in carriage-plows



Usare@ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. INGALLS, OF INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

llVlPROVEVi ENT IN CARRlAGE-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,108, dated May 29, 1866.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, A. INGALLS, 0f Independence, in thc county of Buch anan and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in Carriage-Blows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a view of the rea-r end. Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

A is the tongue ofthe machine or carriage, that is secured at the rear end to a crosspiece, B, from the ends of which extend down arms c, that the journals e ot' wheels C are at tached to.

Underneath the tongue, between the wheels, is arranged a plow, L, of the ordinary construction, with handles b and beam F in front. To the beam, near the rear end, is secured a standard, E, that extends up through a slot, c, in a guide, D, attached to the under side -of the tongue by bolts passing through a slot in the guide-plate into the tongue, so that the guide can be adjusted to the right or left, according to the position of the plow.

To the front of the plow-beam, by an eyebolt, c', is connected a rod, J, that extends up through a slot in the tongue, and is attached to the end ot' a lever, m, pivoted to a standard, A', secured to the tongue.

a n are pulleys arranged on one side oi| the tongue, over the plow-beam, one at the front and the other near the rear end, over the beam. These pulleys have their bearings in the tongue and pieces a, secured on the side, as represented.

I is a cord or chain attached at one end to the plow-beam near the handles, that passes over the pulley n', along the tongue, under the pulley u, and isfastened to the front end of the lever.

H is a seat on the cross-piece B, upon which the driver can sit and adjust the plow by means of the lever in the following manner: The standard E, passing up through the guide D, retains the plow in an lupright position. By raising the rear end of the lever the front end of the plow-beam is depressed, which will force the plow quickly into the ground,

and by reversing the movement of the lever the forward end of the beam is raised, that will run the plow up out of the ground. By means of the pulleys a a', cord or chain I, in connection with the lever, standard E, and rod J, the entire plow can be elevated above the ground by raising the forward end ot' the lever sufficiently, which is for the purpose of backing, turning, or going forward, without having the plow enter the ground or plow it up in any way. rlhus the driver sitting on the seat can readily adjust the plow in or out ot' the ground more or less, as vmay be desired for the most perfect cultivation. Any plow may be used with no alteration,except ing the addition of a standard, E, and eyebolt i, for attaching the rod J to the front end of the beam.

The whiftletrees for attaching the horses are connected to the front end of the plow in the ordinary way.

The plow as arranged is free and unencumbered to operate as it would alone without the riding attachment.

By putting the pulleys a a' 011 the other side ot' the tongue and turning round the guide-plate D on the other side a left-handed plow can be used. v

rlhe carriage is attached to the plow by means ot' a chain, one end ot' which is fastened to the under side of the axle of the earriage and the other end is attached to the upper side of the plow-beam near the standard E. I

By coupling two plows together by crossbars in such a position as to allow the hindermost one to turn its furrow immediately behind the other, and by attaching the lifting device.

to the cross-bars midway between the plows, two plows can be operated as well as one, thereby .enabling one man to do the work ot' two.

What I claim as inyimprovement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The lever m, standard E, rod J, and pulleys a af, in combination with the chain or cord I, guide-plate D, and plow, arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

A. INGALLS.

Witnesses JED LAKE, M. D. SMITH. 

